![]() Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong. The folly of making a false accusation is illustrated in the book of Esther. Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor. The Law also specified that the punishment of a false witness was to be carried out without pity (Deuteronomy 19:21) it is a serious thing in God’s eyes to make a false accusation. Exodus 20:16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. God tells us not to lie and not to affirm falsehood. So you shall purge the evil from your midst (Deuteronomy 19:1819). Exodus 20:14 You shall not commit adultery. We could discuss at some length the narrative examples of some lying in Scripture-such as Rahab lying to the Jericho soldiers to protect the spies who came to her house-but I don’t think that those narrative examples overturn the conclusion that is repeated again and again in Scripture. That’s another argument for the idea that we never should think that we are compelled to tell a lie. He wants us to imitate that moral character and to speak truth. There are certain things that God cannot do, and he cannot contradict his own moral character. Titus 1 says that he is the unlying God, the God who never lies. In fact, Hebrews 6 says that it is impossible for God to lie. 19:16 And behold one came - Many of the poor had followed him from the beginning. I think it’s important that we recognize that imitating the character of God is the basis for not lying. And Jesus said, Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness, - Youngs Literal Bible. And worst of all, Scripture tells us that. When I talk about the question of lying, I use this definition: Lying is affirming in speech or writing something you believe to be false.Īugustine, Calvin, and others in history have defined lying in a similar way. False witnesses, false testimonies, lying, gossip, slander - theyre everywhere in Scripture on the part of humans. My conclusion is that there are numerous biblical statements that condemn lying in the sense of verbally affirming a falsehood. That’s just a few of the verses that we could look at. They go astray from birth, speaking lies.” In Proverbs 12:22, it says, “Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.” Back in the Old Testament wisdom literature in Job 27, Scripture says, “My lips will not speak falsehood and my tongue will not utter deceit.” In Psalm 5 it says, “You destroy those who speak lies.” In Psalm 58, it says, “The wicked are estranged from the womb. ![]()
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